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"Singing with Momma Lou," a children’s book about a young child dealing with her grandmother's Alzheimer's disease, is a warm story of family love in picture book format. If you are looking for children’s picture books about Alzheimer’s disease for 4 to 8 year olds, I recommend the picture book "Singing with Momma Lou" for your child.

Children's Picture Books: "I am Too Absolutely Small for School," a humorous and clever children's picture book by Lauren Child, tells the story of Lola, who is scared about starting school and her brother Charlie, who convinces her she needs to go by giving her imaginative and wacky reasons why. I recommend "I am Too Absolutely Small for School" by Lauren Child for three- to five-year-olds.

The Librarian of Basra: A True Story of Iraq, a children's picture book, is the true story of how the librarian of Basra saved the majority of the Iraq library's books after the invasion of Iraq reached Basra in 2003. The author and illustrator of The Librarian of Basra, A True Story of Iraq, Jeanette Winter, has written and/or illustrated a number of children's picture books.

If you are looking for a children's Kwanzaa book for your child, here are my top picks of children's Kwanzaa books, including several children's picture books about Kwanzaa, a book of Kwanzaa recipes and crafts, a third grade chapter book and a children's Kwanzaa crafts book.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar board book

A school visit by the author or illustrator of a children's book can be an event that encourages an interest in reading the book and writing on the part of each child involved.

"Books to Grow With: A Guide to Using the Best Children's Fiction for Everyday Issues and Tough Challenges" by Cheryl Coon is a helpful guide to children's books,both picture books and chapter books, that parents, teachers, and others can use to select appropriate children's books that deal with a variety of challenges that children cope with, such as bullying, divorce, and death.